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The sky is trans, why wouldn’t I be
This podcast is an audio repository of Florence Ashley‘s scholarly writing on trans law, bioethics, and more!
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Gatekeeping gender-affirming care is detrimental to detrans people
F Ashley et al, “Gatekeeping gender-affirming care is detrimental to detrans people” (2025)International Journal of Transgender Health

Genderfucking as a critical legal methodology
Florence Ashley, "Genderfucking as a critical legal methodology" (2024) 69:2 McGill Law Journal 177
Abstract: In this essay, I the...

Parental Rights Over Transgender Youth: Furthering a Pressing and Substantial Objective?
Florence Ashley, "Parental Rights Over Transgender Youth—Furthering a Pressing and Substantial Objective?" (2024) 62(1) Alberta Law Review 87–119

Gender self-determination as a medical right
F Ashley. “Gender self-determination as a medical right.” (2024) CMAJ, 196, E833–35
Abstract: In this article, I argue that the princip...

Do trans/humanists dream of electric tits? CRISPR and transgender bioethics
F Ashley. "Do Trans/Humanists Dream of Electric Tits? CRISPR and Transgender Bioethics" in Neal Baer (ed), Reshaping Human Nature: The Promise and Per...

Beyond the trans/cis binary: introducing new terms will enrich gender research
F Ashley, S Brightly-Brown, GN Rider,. Beyond the trans/cis binary: Introducing new terms will enrich gender research. Nature, 630, 293–95

Reflecting on the rhetoric of adoption in trans youth care
Florence Ashley, “Reflecting on the Rhetoric of Adoption in
Trans Youth Care” (2023) 2 Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies 249–75

Do gender assessments prevent regret in transgender healthcare? A narrative review
Florence Ashley, Neeki Parsa, til kus, & Kinnon R MacKinnon, “Do gender assessments prevent regret in transgender
healthcare? A narrative review...

The Saint of Christopher Street
Florence Ashley & Sam Sanchinel, “The Saint of Christopher Street: Marsha P. Johnson and the Social Life of a Heroine” (2023) 134 Feminist Review 39–5...

What is it like to have a gender identity?
Florence Ashley, “What Is It like to Have a Gender Identity?” (2023) MIND
Abstract: By attending to how people speak about their gender, we can...

Randomized-controlled trials are methodologically inappropriate in adolescent transgender healthcare
Florence Ashley, Diana M. Tordoff, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, & Arjee J. Restar, “Randomized-controlled trials are methodologically inappropriate in adole...

Transporting the burden of justification: The unethicality of transgender conversion practices
Florence Ashley, “Transporting the Burden of Justification: The Unethicality of Transgender Conversion Practices” (2022) 50:3 Journal of Law, Medicin...

Interrogating gender-exploratory therapy
Florence Ashley, “Interrogating Gender-Exploratory Therapy” (2022) Perspectives on Psychological Science
Abstract: Opposition to g...

Adolescent medical transition is ethical: an analogy with reproductive health
Florence Ashley, “Adolescent Medical Transition is Ethical: An Analogy with Reproductive Health” (2022) 32:2 Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 127–...

‘Trans’ is my gender modality
Florence Ashley, “‘Trans’ Is My Gender Modality: A Modest Terminological Proposal” in Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, 2nd ed. (Oxford: Oxford University P...

Youth should decide: the principle of subsidiarity in paediatric transgender healthcare
Florence Ashley, “Youth should decide: the principle of subsidiarity in paediatric transgender healthcare” (2022) Journal of Medical Ethics (online fi...

The constitutive in/visibility of the trans legal subject
Florence Ashley, “The Constitutive In/Visibility of the Trans Legal Subject: A Case Study” (2021) 28:1 UCLA Women’s Law Journal 423–57
Abstract:...

The clinical irrelevance of ‘desistance’ research for transgender and gender creative youth
Florence Ashley. “The Clinical Irrelevance of ‘Desistance’ Research for Transgender and Gender Creative Youth” (2021) Psychology of Sexual Orientation...

‘X’ Why? Gender markers and non-binary transgender people
Florence Ashley, “‘X’ Why? Gender Markers and Non-Binary Transgender People” in Isabel C. Jaramillo Sierra and Laura Carlson (eds.), Trans Rights and...

The continuum of informed consent models in transgender health
Florence Ashley, Colton M St. Amand, G Nic Rider, “The Continuum of Informed Consent Models in Transgender Health” (2021) Family Practice
Using...

Corriger nos pratiques : les approches thérapeutiques pour intervenir auprès des enfants trans examinées dans une perspective juridique
Florence Ashley, « Corriger nos pratiques : les approches thérapeutiques pour intervenir auprès des enfants trans examinées dans une perspective jurid...

Recommendations for institutional and governmental management of gender information
Florence Ashley, “Recommendations for Institutional and Governmental Management of Gender Information” (2021) 44:4 NYU Review of Law & Social Change 4...

Trans reparative 'therapy'
Florence Ashley, “Reparative Therapy” in Abbie Goldberg & Genny Beemyn (eds), The Sage Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, vol. 2 (Thousands Oakes, CA: SAG...

Gender (de)transitioning before puberty? A response to Steensma and Cohen-Kettenis
Florence Ashley, “Gender (De)Transitioning Before Puberty? A Response to Steensma and Cohen-Kettenis (2011)” (2018) 48:3 Archives of Sexual Behavior 6...

Puberty blockers are necessary, but they don’t prevent homelessness: Caring for transgender youth by supporting unsupportive parents
Florence Ashley, “Puberty Blockers Are Necessary, but They Don’t Prevent Homelessness: Caring for Transgender Youth by Supporting Unsupportive Parents...

Shifts in assigned sex ratios at gender identity clinics likely reflect changes in referral patterns
Florence Ashley, “Shifts in Assigned Sex Ratios at Gender Identity Clinics Likely Reflect Changes in Referral Patterns” (2019) 16:6 The Journal of Sex...

Surgical informed consent and recognizing a perioperative duty to disclose in transgender healthcare
Florence Ashley, “Surgical Informed Consent and Recognizing a Perioperative Duty to Disclose in Transgender Healthcare” (2020) 13:1 McGill Journal of...

Humorous styles of Cause in In Rem actions: A comparison of Canada and the United States
Florence Ashley, “Humorous Styles of Cause in In Rem Actions: A Comparison of Canada and the United States” (2020) 24:1 Green Bag 15–27
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Qui est-ille ? Le respect langagier des élèves non-binaires, aux limites du droit
Florence Ashley, “Qui est-ille ? Le respect langagier des élèves non-binaires, aux limites du droit” (2017) 63:2 Service social 35–50

L’In/visibilité constitutive du sujet trans : l’exemple du droit québécois
Florence Ashley, “L’In/visibilité constitutive du sujet trans : l’exemple du droit québécois” (2020) 35:2 Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue...

Simpson’s paradox in LGBTQ+ policy: A case study
Florence Ashley, “Simpson’s Paradox in LGBTQ+ Policy: A Case Study” (2020) Sexuality Research and Social Policy
Simpson’s paradox...

Accounting for research fatigue in research ethics
Florence Ashley, “Accounting for research fatigue in research ethics” (2020) Bioethics
How to account for participants’ psychologi...

Homophobia, conversion therapy, and care models for trans youth: defending the gender-affirmative approach
Florence Ashley, “Homophobia, Conversion Therapy, and Care Models for Trans Youth: Defending the Gender-Affirmative Approach” (2020) 17:4 Journal of L...

Transgender healthcare does not stop at the doorstep of the clinic
Florence Ashley & Sergio Domíngez, “Transgender Healthcare Does Not Stop at the Doorstep of the Clinic” (2020) The American Journal of Medicine
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In favor of covering ethically important cosmetic surgeries: Facial feminization surgery for transgender people
Florence Ashley & Carolyn Ells, “In Favor of Covering Ethically Important Cosmetic Surgeries: Facial Feminization Surgery for Transgender People” (20...

Science has always been ideological, you just don’t see it
Florence Ashley, “Science Has Always Been Ideological, You Just Don’t See It” (2019) 48:6 Archives of Sexual Behavior 1655–1657
In...

The misuse of gender dysphoria: Toward greater conceptual clarity in transgender health
Florence Ashley, “The Misuse of Gender Dysphoria: Toward Greater Conceptual Clarity in Transgender Health” (2019) Perspectives on Psychological Scienc...

Nuancing feminist perspectives on the voluntary intoxication defence
Florence Ashley, “Nuancing Feminist Perspectives on the Voluntary Intoxication Defence” (2020) 43:5 Manitoba Law Journal 65–94
Th...

Don’t be so hateful: The insufficiency of anti-discrimination and hate crime laws in improving trans wellbeing
Florence Ashley, “Don’t Be So Hateful: The Insufficiency of Anti-Discrimination and Hate Crime Laws in Improving Trans Wellbeing” (2018) 68:1 Universi...

Genderfucking non-disclosure: Sexual fraud, transgender bodies, and messy identities
Florence Ashley, “Genderfucking Non-Disclosure: Sexual Fraud, Transgender Bodies, and Messy Identities” (2018) 41:2 Dalhousie Law Journal 339–377